Article By: HEI Wellness Name: Turmeric (english) | Kunyit (Malay) | 黄姜 (chinese) Scientific name: Curcuma Longa Traditionally turmeric is used as spice, condiment, flavouring and as well as traditional medicine. As a food, turmeric is very popular among many South Asian recipes. Turmeric possesses sharp and distinct aroma, it has orange yellow colouring [...]
Ginger is one of the world's ten favourite spices. (Govindarajan V.S., 1969) Ginger has enormous healing potential and is widely used in majority of the oriental therapeutic formulation for thousands of years. As a food, ginger is an important ingredient in every ethnic and traditional food preparations. It has been used in every possible food [...]
Garlic has been part of human diet for more than 7000 years. Almost all ethnic & culture's food preparation involve garlic. Though garlic originated from Central and South East Asia, today China and India remain the world biggest producers of garlic accounting for more than 80% of the total production. Like many other herbs & [...]
Cinnamon is native to India and Sri Lanka and was later introduced to Indian Ocean and South East Asia. It is mainly cultivated in Sri Lanka, coastal regions of India as well as in Malaysia. Cinnamon is an ancient spice which was mentioned in some religious text. In the ancient times Cinnamon was highly valued [...]